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KassidyOwen

English110
J.VanderMey
2May,2015
Goals

1. Learninghowtocritiquereadings
:Withthis,IhadahardtimebecauseIneverreally
learnedhowtocritiquethingsandeventuallythroughoutthesemester,Ibeganto
understand.
2. Tonotrespondsomuchwhenwritingessays
:Irealizedwhenwritingamajorityofmy
papers,Iwaswritingmoreofmyownresponsetothethingswereadthancritiquingwhat
wasbeingoverlooked,misrepresented,misunderstoodetc.Iactuallyhadahardtime
seeingwhatwasoverlooked,misrepresented,misunderstoodetc,buteventuallyhada
betterunderstandingofit.
3. WritingPapersdifferentlywithaformulathatwasmoredifficult:
Inhighschool,
myenglishteachertaughtushowtowriteformalpapersandgaveusaformulathatmade
thingseasyandsimple.Collegewritinghastaughtmealot,thingsIneverreallylearned
andthewritingformulaseemedmoreconfusing.
4. Readingmysentencesoutloud:
Collegewritinghasremindedmetoreadmy
sentencesandsomethingIdidnotrealize,ItendtohaverunonsentencesandIhave
gottenabitbetterwiththatwhenwritingmypapers.

5. Understandinghowtowriteacertainway:
Thewaymyhighschoolteachertaught
me,isdefinitelynotthesamewaywearetaughtincollege.HoweverIamthankfulthatI
havelearnedtowritepapersdifferentlybecauseitchallengesmeandhelpsmylearning
grow.
6. CriticalReadingJournals:
Thiswasthemostchallengingformebecausewehadto
lookatourreadingsalotanditwasprettytimeconsumingandtherewasalotof
differentperspectiveswehadtolookat.Suchapreread,authororiented,rhetorical,
ecological,postread,etc.

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